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Women in CombatAlthough female soldiers have recently been allowed to take jobs in previously all-male battalions, over 250,000 combat jobs still remain closed to them. So argue that this unfairly limits career growth while others contend that woman are not able to withstand the physical and psychological nature of combat/ in this essay I will be giving reasons why women should serve in combat positions and why they shouldn’t.

Speaking from a woman who is in the military I’m going to elaborate on why I think that women shouldn’t serve in combat positions. It’s scientifically proven that women doesn’t physically perform at the same level as men. For an example, the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) is broken down into two categories’, women and men and in which they have different age groups in which women are held to a lower standards than men. The APFT have different requirements when you turn a certain age meaning your body can’t handle as much as it did when you were younger. Same thing with women and men you can’t hold them to the same standard when their body is constructed differently. Physically a woman skeletal system is less dense and prone to have more breakages than a man. Psychological concerns are that women would be place on the front line and then get pregnant to escape from combat. Another reason I think women shouldn’t go into some combat positions such as sniper school is because you have to be aware that they camp out for days, but a woman can’t do that especially if they are on their menstrual cycle. We as women have to realize is that we can’t do everything as men.

Being that I am a woman who loves to compete with the guys now I can elaborate on why I think woman should be able to serve in some combat positions. I feel as if women can deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq into those combat zones than why shouldn’t they be able to pursue combat positions? Now, as far as women being placed into a combat unit I don’t think they should...

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